"Fighting Human Trafficking" ~ Show date August 31

Sarah Symons not only quit her job to start The Emancipation Network (TEN), but she has enrolled many others, including her husband and children, in this most important work. TEN focuses on economic empowerment and education, teaching rescued slaves how to create products for western markets and be independent.

Most of the rescued slaves are girls between the ages of 9 and 20, who are still traumatized when the work begins, suffering a great deal of fear, anger, and hopelessness. Within a few months the transformations are obvious as laughter, creativity, and a passion to help others becomes the new energy in the shelter.

Bill Mosher – "Business As Unusual"

Business as usual tends to focus on self-interest. Not for Bill Mosher. Bill has spent most of his career in the area of downtown redevelopment. He views real estate and the built environment as creating welcoming places that are sustainable in a long term, conscious manner.

Yakov Smirnoff – "Making Laughter, Making Love"

Yakov Smirnoff blends his unique brand of comedy with opening the heart. Yakov’s mission statement is, “To experience happiness and teach it with passion through comedy and sensitivity.”

Arielle Ford – "One Plus One Equals Eleven"

After discussing how we each defined oneness, Arielle Ford shared this wonderfully simple idea that came from her husband Brian Hilliard. We loved that definition and decided that it certainly provides lots of possibilities for thought and discussion.

James Rouse – "The Harmony of Wellness – Mind, Body and Soul"

Wellness guru Dr. James Rouse explains how oneness and mindfulness practiced together, means every experience is an opportunity for deeper wellness. He’s a man affectionately referred to by colleagues as “superhuman.”

Katherine Woodward Thomas ~ "The New Feminine Power"

Talk about cutting edge! Nothing could be more timely and important than Katherine Woodward Thomas discussing a new definition of feminine power.

William Ury ~ "The Abraham Path, A Path to World Peace"

One of the most revered mediators in the world today, has stepped squarely into the cauldron of conflict known as the Middle East to create a powerful new approach for world peace and personal peace.

Dr. Barbara Fields ~ "Spiritually Motivated Activism"

Dr. Fields discusses how engagement empowers us and fulfills our purpose for being here. She says that, "Practicing how to be more enlightened citizens on the planet, we need to evolve beyond the dialogue and vision stages to reach our full potential.

Andrew Harvey ~ "The Hope: Sacred Activism"

Andrew Harvey defines Sacred Activism as a force of compassion in action destined to midwife the birth of a new humanity able to co-create with the Divine a new world.

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